CVE-2019-11751

high

Description

Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-27

Updated: 2020-08-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High